Meet General GrantAmerikansk historie, USA's historie, amerikansk biografi om General Ulysses S. Grant, 1822-1889, som først havde en militær karriere, bl.a. i Mexican War, og blev en berømt general i Nordstatshæren, Union Army, under den Amerikanske Borgerkrig, 1861-1865, og senere endte som amerikansk president. Beskriver hans liv, levnedsløb og militære og politiske karriere. Udkom i 1928. |
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... Davis , President of the Confederate States , " a slight , light figure , little exceeding middle height , " holding himself erect and straight in his chair . " He was dressed in a rustic suit of slate - colored stuff , " says W. H. ...
... Davis , President of the Confederate States , " a slight , light figure , little exceeding middle height , " holding himself erect and straight in his chair . " He was dressed in a rustic suit of slate - colored stuff , " says W. H. ...
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... Davis ' inaugural day . Until then he had been a provisional president , but now he was to begin his regular term of six years . Davis stood under an awning by the side of the equestrian statue of George Washington , on the public ...
... Davis ' inaugural day . Until then he had been a provisional president , but now he was to begin his regular term of six years . Davis stood under an awning by the side of the equestrian statue of George Washington , on the public ...
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... Davis . New York , 1866 . Davis , Jefferson , The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government . New York , 1881 . Davis , Susan Lawrence , Authentic History of the Ku Klux Klan , 1865- 1877. New York , 1924 . Davis , Varina Howell , ...
... Davis . New York , 1866 . Davis , Jefferson , The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government . New York , 1881 . Davis , Susan Lawrence , Authentic History of the Ku Klux Klan , 1865- 1877. New York , 1924 . Davis , Varina Howell , ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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